Benny Golson – A Jazz Great

I listened to a fantastic interview of Benny Golson on NPR this morning on the way to work. Did you know that Golson played with jazz greats Dizzy Gillespie and Art Blakey, and wrote music for the TV shows M*A*S*H and Mission Impossible?

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From NPR,org -Â “Within the span of just a few years, Golson wrote no fewer than eight tunes regarded as jazz standards. They include “Killer Joe,” “Along Came Betty,” “Stablemates,” “Whisper Not,” “Blues March,” “Five Spot After Dark,” “Are You Real?” and “I Remember Clifford.”

The interview is part of a series entitled, “Musicians in Their Own Words“. You can subscribe to the podcast at http://www.npr.org/rss/rss.php?id=4622401

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